Smiling squirrel stumps Lexington fire crew
In Lexington the fire department responded to a resident's report of a "smiling" squirrel in an apartment. Captain Gus Mangione instructed officers to capture the creature alive after residents described the incident with fear and amusement. The squirrel was pinned with a broom and released outdoors. Pistols traced to 1515 in Pistoia, Italy.
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Lexington
Gus Mangione
Mangione
J. W. Burbridge
Two Witnesses Dispute Port Catapult in Bennington Blast
Naval inquiry heard officers contest the blast origin aboard the carrier Bennington that killed 100 crew. Comdr. John W. Fair and Lt. Maurice A. Somme questioned whether the port catapult sparked the fire as others suggested, with logs and ventilation cited in probing the disaster.
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Quonset Point
R.J
Bennington
Naval Board of
John W. Fair
Battle Creek
Mich
Maurice A. Somme
New Orleans
Faces Sanity Test After Child Is Maimed and Blinded
In Los Angeles on June 2 a mother, Trinidad Vera, 28, pleaded innocent by reason of insanity to five counts of mayhem and assault involving her nine year old daughter Celia. A court panel of psychiatrists will assess her sanity before the July 6 trial. Vera is held on $5,000 bond as Celia remains hospitalized and under ward of the court.
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Los Angeles
Trinidad Vera
Mildred Lillie
Celia
Lillie
Double Funeral Set For Couple In Texas Tragedy
In Lufkin Texas a double funeral is planned for a young divorced couple found shot to death minutes before their remarriage. They had just bought a marriage license to marry again after a quarrel. A justice of the peace identified the man as Allen Otto.
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Lufkin
Tex
Justice of the Peace
Allen Otto
Supreme Court Reverses Conviction In Slayer Case
The Supreme Court overturned Camilo Leyra's murder conviction after ruling a psychiatrist coerced a confession during police questioning. The decision cites an almost trace like state produced by the psychiatrist and holds confessions obtained without counsel violate due process. The ruling prompts a third trial for Leyra, who was convicted in Brooklyn for the deaths of his parents in 1950.
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Supreme Court
Washington
Camilo Weston Leyra
Brooklyn
Leyra
Camilo Leyra
High
Braniff Airways
Dallas
Nebraska
New York Court of Appeals
Owen Max Halland
New York
Justice Black
Black
Minton
Reed
Burton
Warren
Clark
Douglas
Frankfurter
Jackson
Two Men Face Manslaughter Charges In Brawl Death
In Laurel Mississippi two men Thomas Freeman Holloman and Cleve Brady were charged with manslaughter after a bullet from their brawl killed 22 year old David Neil Tigert. Two others Ross Stephens and John Morgan Cochran were charged with assault and battery with intent to murder.
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Ross Stephens
John Morgan Cochran Sr
Meridian
Arrington
David Neil
Lenny) Tigert
Temple
Four Men Brawl at Local Grill as Treated Officers Detain Suspect
Four men fought in the grill back room while Tigert sat in his car outside. Arrington said Stephens faced charges of assault and battery with intent to murder Holloman's brother Webb after a pistol was fired at him. Cochran was charged with pistol slugging Webb. Brady and ex highway patrolman Tigert were each held on 5000 bonds. Tigert had just returned home after 12 months in Korea and Japan and was buried Monday.
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Tigert
Arrington
Stephens
Holloman
Webb
Cochran
Brady
Korea
Japan
Weather swings sweep Rocky Mountains with snow and heat
A Pacific cold front moved across Montana bringing a wide weather mix. Up to six inches of snow occurred along the Continental Divide with snow reported in Lewistown Belgrade Butte and Great Falls according to the Weather Bureau.
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Montana
Weather Bureau
Lewistown
Belgrade
Butte
Great Falls
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Pistoia
Italy
PAN American Life Insurance
J. FE. Nelson General Agent
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C. Honeycutt Special Agent
Fair
Somme
Raymond J. Zanzot
Nesses
Big Ben
William F. Raborn Jr
Natal
West Monroe Furniture Co., Inc
Trenton
West Monroe
Bach
Curry
Powell
Rocky Mountains
Denver
Rocky Mountain Area
Pyc
Neil
Jase Nets Awete
Ancient Age Distilling Company
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